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‘I’m living in the bubble’: the man who helped bring Nixon down, 50 years on

John Dean speaks on the 1972 Watergate break-in and why he has never been more concerned about US democracy than now

The Guardian - US

Can televised hearings bring the truth about January 6 to the US public?

The first of six congressional hearings will start on Thursday but emulating the impact of 1973’s Watergate sessions will be hard in today’s fractured media and political environment

The Guardian - US

‘18 1/2’: Yes, another Watergate movie, but this one’s fun and totally fictional

A stenographer finds the missing Nixon tape and encounters plenty of oddballs on her way to releasing it in the subversive comedy.

Chicago Sun-Times

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What 5 previous congressional investigations can teach us about the House Jan. 6 committee hearings

Six public hearings to be held in June by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection will attempt to answer the question of whether former President Donald Trump and his political allies broke the law in seeking to overturn the 2020 election results.

The Conversation

50 years after the Watergate break-in, John Dean relives the scandal that changed his life

LOS ANGELES — After John Dean gave his historic 1973 testimony on the Watergate scandal that eventually brought down the Nixon White House, he wanted to move on with his life.

Los Angeles Times

Jonathan Bernstein: If Watergate happened today, would Nixon have survived?

The 50th anniversary of the Watergate arrests is approaching: The first break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters was on May 28, 1972, but the botched return on June 17 produced arrests and eventually brought Richard Nixon’s presidency to a premature end on Aug. 8, 1974. The Washington Post’s Margaret Sullivan…

Tribune News Service

How 'gate' became the syllable of scandal

On June 17, 1972, Washington, D.C., police arrested five men for breaking into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. Although the administration’s press secretary, Ron Ziegler, dismissed the crime as a “third-rate burglary,” its scope would grow to consume Richard Nixon’s presidency and then bring it to an end…

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Jonathan Bernstein: 6 Capitol riot hearings won’t do the job

The incredibly shrinking public face of the congressional committee investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol of Jan. 6, 2021, has apparently … shrunk again.

Tribune News Service

My worst moment: ‘Gaslit’ star Shea Whigham and the time he blasted De Niro’s ear

Starring Julia Roberts, the eight-part drama “Gaslit” on Starz zeros in on the crimes that would ultimately take down Richard Nixon’s presidency, specifically the Watergate break-in that was conceived by former FBI agent G. Gordon Liddy, played by Shea Whigham as a man unhinged as they come.

Chicago Tribune

Court leak is catnip for those who love a juicy DC whodunit

There’s nothing official Washington loves better than a juicy whodunit

The Independent UK

5 unsung whistleblowers on screen

We love to hate those who refuse to follow rules. But whistleblowers for the greater good? We seem to forget them

Salon

Series show: ‘We Own The City’ takes us back to the mean streets of Baltimore

Twenty years after “The Wire” saw David Simon’s gritty writing transposed to the screen, Yena Lee tells us why “We Own The City” provides a complex and compelling sequel to the crime drama. We discuss “Gaslit”, a new adaptation of the Watergate scandal, which sees Julia Roberts and Sean Penn…

France 24

‘Gaslit’ review: Julia Roberts humanizes Watergate in new Starz series co-starring Sean Penn

Behind every great political scandal, there are players whose stories get shoved to the side by the first, second and even third drafts of history.

Chicago Tribune

Why we need information literacy classes for students

Fifty years ago, the national networks CBS, ABC and NBC dominated television screens in America and were the primary way voters obtained information: Each network, along with newspapers and radio, told its audience facts first, and all agreed on what the facts were. That meant Americans had a shared understanding…

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Manchester Evening News

What was the Watergate scandal and when did it happen as new Gaslit TV series airs

The events of the infamous Watergale scandal took place during and after the 1972 US presidential election

The Guardian - UK

Gaslit review – a star-powered Watergate drama that grips and doesn’t let go

Julia Roberts is fantastic as ‘mouth of the south’ Martha Mitchell in this prestige bit of TV – and she knows it

Salon

"Gaslit": More than Julia Roberts' show

Julia Roberts, Sean Penn, Dan Stevens, Betty Gilpin and more star in this political thriller that lacks cohesion

Manchester Evening News

Who is in the Gaslit TV series cast alongside Julia Roberts and Sean Penn?

The programme follows the lesser-known characters caught up in the Watergate scandal

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The Independent UK

Gaslit review: A sublime Julia Roberts can’t save new Watergate series

A plodding new series shows us the infamous Seventies US political scandal through the eyes of Martha Mitchell, wife of Richard Nixon’s attorney-general, but lacks any of the drama of the actual event

The Guardian - UK

Dan Stevens: ‘People thought I was crazy’

This was the response when the actor famously left Downton Abbey at its height, fearful of being typecast as a floppy-haired aristo. Now based in LA, he’s starring in everything from comedy and horror to a new series about Watergate

The Guardian - US

Overcoming Trumpery review: recipes for reform Republicans will never allow

The depth of Trump’s corruption is familiar but still astonishing when presented in the whole. Alas, his party shares it

Daily Mirror

Julia Roberts lifts lid on Watergate scandal whistleblower wife in new TV show

The actress plays the outspoken socialite Martha Mitchell, the first to link President Richard Nixon to a burglary that led to his downfall.

Manchester Evening News

When does the Gaslit TV series set around Watergate start and how to watch in the UK

Gaslit centres around Martha Mitchell, the wife of Nixon's Attorney General John Mitchell

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Gaslit’: Julia Roberts skillfully settles into the ’70s as Martha Mitchell, a Watergate wife who wouldn’t be silent

She’s electric opposite Sean Penn, playing corrupt Nixon aide John Mitchell in the darkly funny Starz series.

The Independent UK

Julia Roberts returns to TV in Watergate-era series 'Gaslit'

Julia Roberts returns to television in the limited series "Gaslit" for Starz

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